Exodus 3:1
Hebrew Bible
1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 2 The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked, and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed! 3 So Moses thought, “I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Exodus 3:1
Septuagint
1 Now Moses was tending the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock into the wilderness area and came into the mountainous area of Horeb. 2 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire out of the bush, and he saw that the bush was aflame with fire, but the bush was not being consumed. 3 And Moses said, “When I pass close by, I will observe this great spectacle, that the bush does not burn up.”
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... The tale of Moses’s call in Exodus 3 includes the phrase “mountain of God” (Masoretic text, Exod 3:1). The translator omitted the reference to God ... “The shorter text is fitting, since God has not yet appeared to Moses; it is thus premature to designate it as mountain of God” ..."
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